Still seems kind of a downgrade to make Spike a dog. But hopefully that will be the biggest complaint of the movie. The animation still looks amazing, I'm sure it'll be fun to watch Twilight get used to her new body, and it's all being kept in the MLP: FIM family rather than being farmed out to someone who has no knowledge of the franchise or understanding of what makes the show so great (like they did with Last Airbender )